Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.

Quote by Dean Koontz

Topics: Birth Quotes, Death And Dying Quotes

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a...

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale...

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it...

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're...

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're...

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and...

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and...

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner...

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians...

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud....

Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud....

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having...

It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having...

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your...

Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your...